A639 crash in Wakefield on 15 September 2009 at 18:30 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A639 in Wakefield at 18:30 on Tuesday 15 September 2009. The 67-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Sep 2009
- Tuesday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.72023, longitude -1.37713, in the WF10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Castleford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Altofts & Whitwood, Wakefield, WF10 5LX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009130765009
- Council area
- Wakefield
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 639
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 March 1988.
Slight
Car crash on the A639 in Wakefield, 25 March 1988
20 m awayRef 198813DB06688
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A639 in Wakefield, 15 September 2012
30 m awayRef 2012130400726
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A639 in Wakefield, 21 November 2012
40 m awayRef 2012130508110
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A659 in Wakefield, 25 January 2010
40 m awayRef 2010130000570
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the A639 in Wakefield, 7 March 1981
41 m awayRef 198113M025481
Serious
Rover 600 Series crash on the A639 in Wakefield, 18 January 2009
61 m awayRef 2009130045009
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2009130765009 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wakefield road accident statistics for 2009.